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LA MIRADA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tate
& Lyle PLC (‘Tate & Lyle’), a leading global provider of
specialty food ingredients and solutions, and HORN,
North America’s premier distributor of specialty ingredients and raw
materials, today announced a new partnership. Tate & Lyle has selected
HORN as its preferred national distributor in the U.S. for its specialty
ingredients developed for the nutrition industry. The distribution
partnership begins 1 March 2018.

“We sought a specialty nutritional ingredients distribution partner to
support the growth of our Speciality Food Ingredients business in the
U.S. and HORN was the clear choice,” said Vincent Pinneri, Senior Vice
President and General Manager, Speciality Food Ingredients North
America, Tate & Lyle. “Tate & Lyle’s extensive portfolio of specialty
sweeteners, fibers and oat ingredients is well aligned with HORN’s depth
of expertise and customer base in the nutritional industry. The
synergies between our companies and this new partnership will provide
mutual growth opportunities and increased access to innovative products
in the markets we serve.”

As a global leader in reduced sugar solutions and soluble fibers, Tate &
Lyle offers a diverse product line that helps the industry respond to
the ever-changing needs of consumers. The new partnership between HORN
and Tate & Lyle builds on the companies’ strengths to bring innovative
solutions to the nutrition industry.

“Innovation is at the heart of Tate & Lyle,” said Adam Ernst, Vice
President, HORN Nutraceuticals. “Bringing this organization into the mix
of our world-class suppliers upholds HORN’s commitment to support
marketplace innovation. Our technical sales team is naturally thrilled
to add Tate & Lyle ingredients to our product line, which dovetails
nicely with HORN’s other specialty ingredients. As the preferred
national distributor for Tate & Lyle’s ingredients for the nutrition
industry in the U.S., HORN continues its industry commitment to provide
market-leading ingredients that promote nutrition and wellness with
innovation as a primary objective.”

About HORN

Established in 1961, HORN
is North America’s premier distributor of specialty ingredients,
chemicals and raw materials. Originally founded as a specialty chemical
distributor, HORN remains an entrepreneurial-driven company with a team
of technically-expert and trained professionals. Headquartered in La
Mirada, Calif., its specialized market segments encompass six distinct
distribution business units: Nutraceuticals, FoodTech, Care Elements,
Animal Nutrition, Advanced Materials, Coatings and Building Materials.

As an employee-owned/ESOP company, HORN’s unique approach to customer
service embraces challenge and opens opportunities to reinvent and
improve on traditional business models. HORN ranks in the ICIS
Top 20 list of North America Chemical Distribution Leaders.

Tate & Lyle is a global provider of ingredients and solutions to the
food, beverage and other industries, with operations in over 30
locations worldwide.

Tate & Lyle operates through two global divisions, Speciality Food
Ingredients and Bulk Ingredients, supported by our Innovation and
Commercial Development and Global Operations groups. The Group's
strategy is to become a leading global provider of Speciality Food
Ingredients through a disciplined focus on growth, and by driving Bulk
Ingredients for sustained cash generation to fuel this growth.

Speciality Food Ingredients consists of three platforms: Texturants,
which includes speciality starches and stabilisers; Sweeteners, which
comprises nutritive sweeteners and our range of no-calorie sweeteners
including SPLENDA® Sucralose; and our Health and Wellness
portfolio which includes speciality fibers and our salt-reduction
offering. Additionally, our Food Systems business provides a wide
variety of blended ingredient solutions.

Tate & Lyle is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol
TATE.L. American Depositary Receipts trade under TATYY. In the year to
31 March 2017, Tate & Lyle sales totalled £2.8 billion. For more
information, please visit http://www.tateandlyle.com.